believe me, I would argue that I love BTAS more than anyone in the world, but for the sake of being a devoted fan of the character, how can I not root for Affleck to prove the naysayers wrong and be the best incarnation of Batman to date?

That's why I added the "", because I was half joking. I love Nolan's Batman, but I think BTAS was pretty darn good for a children's cartoon. Even X-Men TAS (my fav cartoon) didn't reach the highs that Batman TAS reached

Well, i wouldn't go that far. It's still a cartoon made mainly for kids. Nolan's movies and live-action in general can do things for the characters that BTAS couldn't do.

With that said, ill take BTAS + Mask of the Phantasm and all that over the Nolan films.

But let's not get too crazy in saying that EVERYTHING BTAS did was better than Nolan's. I would have to disagree with that.

I was going to bring that up too. But I think we can all agree that BTAS was much closer to the source material than the Nolanverse obviously since Nolan wanted to make his Bat much more realistic. For a show mainly for kids, it(along the other DCAU shows) had a lot of adult themes and situations. I noticed you mentioned Mask of the Phantasm, but what about Batman & Mr Freeze: SubZero? That movie was epic!

I didn't like how Nolan neutered Ra's Al Ghul by taking away his immortality.

Nolan's world didn't feel like a place where villains like Mr. Freeze or Killer Croc or Poison Ivy could exist. I like the fantasy elements in the Batman mythos. The Arkhamverse has proven that those elements can work in a serious and adult environment that isn't the comics.